Welcome to Sky Valley

Welcome to Sky Valley, also known as just Sky Valley, is the third studio album by American rock band Kyuss. It was released on 28 June 1994 on Elektra and Chameleon Records.

Welcome to Sky Valley
Studio album by Kyuss
Released	June 28, 1994 (1994-06-28)
Recorded	1993
Studio	Sound City (Van Nuys, Los Angeles)
Genre	Stoner rock desert rock
Length	51:55
Label	Elektra Chameleon
Producer	Brant Bjork John Garcia Chris Goss Josh Homme Scott Reeder
Kyuss chronology
Blues for the Red Sun (1992) Welcome to Sky Valley (1994) ...And the Circus Leaves Town (1995)

Background and composition

Welcome to Sky Valley was recorded in early 1993 and was first meant to be released in January 1994. Because their last album did fairly well, they moved to the main record label Chameleon from the smaller label "Dali". In November 1993, Chameleon suddenly shut down. Elektra then quickly signed the banned and planned to release Welcome to Sky Valley in March 1994. The release was then slowed down even more and the album wasn't released until June 1994.

The album has been called stoner rock, stoner metal, and desert rock. The album was the first Kyuss album to have bassist Scott Reeder playing on it. He replaced Nick Oliveri in 1992. It was also the last with Brant Bjork playing on it.

Packaging

Welcome to Sky Valley is named after the place in California of the same name. The album cover shows a welcome sign in Sky Valley next to a road that says the album's name, "Welcome to Sky Valley". The photograph was taken at dusk and the road is dark with a purple sky behind.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Josh Homme, except where noted in brackets. 

I
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Gardenia" (Brant Bjork)	6:54
2.	"Asteroid"	4:49
3.	"Supa Scoopa and Mighty Scoop"	6:04

II
No.	Title	Length
4.	"100°"	2:29
5.	"Space Cadet" (Homme, Scott Reeder)	7:02
6.	"Demon Cleaner"	5:19

III
No.	Title	Length
7.	"Odyssey"	4:19
8.	"Conan Troutman"	2:12
9.	"N.O." (Reeder, Mario Lalli; originally performed by Across the River)	3:47
10.	"Whitewater" (Bjork)	8:00

Hidden track
No.	Title	Length
11.	"Lick Doo"	0:57
Total length:		51:55

Personnel

Credits taken from the album's liner notes.

Kyuss

• John Garcia – lead vocals, producer
• Josh Homme – guitar, backing vocals, producer
• Scott Reeder – bass, acoustic bass in "Space Cadet", backing vocals, producer
• Brant Bjork – drums, producer

Additional performers

• Peter Moffett – additional percussion on "Asteroid"
• "Madman of Encino" – backing vocals
• Mario Lalli – lead guitar on "N.O."

Production

• Chris Goss – producer
• Joe Barresi – recording engineer, mixing engineer
• Jeff Sheehan – assistant engineer
• Wade Norton – assistant engineer
• Alexe Campbell – assistant engineer
• Brian Jenkins – additional engineering
• Eddy Schreyer – mastering engineer

Artwork

• Alex Solca – photography
• Skiles – art director